A train that crashed on Sunday in New York City was going 82mph (132 km/h) in a 30mph zone when it ran off the rails, investigators have said. Four people were killed and more than 60 injured in New York’s Bronx borough. The Metro-North train from Poughkeepsie to New York City crashed about 07:30 local time (11:30 GMT) on a curve. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating whether a mechanical fault or human error led to the train’s high speed. ‘So many questions’ The train appeared to have been travelling over the speed limit even before it thundered…

By Jamie Crawford The U.S. Navy has deployed two of its next-generation reconnaissance aircraft to Japan, a long-planned move that comes amid controversy over Chinese air defenses. Designed to enhance the Navy’s long-range maritime patrol capability, the P-8A Poseidon’s specialty is submarine detection, the Navy said. The planes flew from Norfolk, Virginia, to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, in recent days. The P-8A Poseidon also is part of the Navy’s effort to phase out the P-3C Orion. It is more technologically advanced than its predecessor and can fly higher with a crew of up to nine. It also can carry…

The woman allegedly suffered a ‘mental breakdown,’ and a judge has ruled that the baby be placed for adoption 15-month-old girl who was forcibly delivered by cesarean section last year under a British court order is now the subject of an international legal dispute, The Telegraphnewspaper reported Sunday. The court said it had authorized the C-section because it was acting in the best interests of the mother, an Italian citizen who had allegedly suffered a “mental breakdown” while in the United Kingdom for a two-week job training course, according to the newspaper report. The baby remains in the custody of…

–The Poughkeepsie train station, which is normally jammed with commuters, was desolate Monday morning as riders sought alternate transportation into New York City because of Sunday’s deadly train derailment that left a critical stretch of commuter rail impassable. The station, from which the ill-fated train had left, still had plenty of parking available at 6:45 a.m. Monday, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. Four people were killed and more than 60 people were injured when the Metro-North train jumped the track on the Hudson Line just north of the Spuyten Duyvil station about 7:20 a.m. The locomotive and seven cars jumped the tracks, throwing…

US Vice-President Joe Biden is heading for East Asia, amid high tensions in the region over China’s newly-declared air defence identification zone (ADIZ). Mr Biden will stop first in Tokyo, then head to Beijing and Seoul during his six-day visit. He will hold talks with leaders of all three nations and on Friday pay a visit to the demilitarised zone which divides the two Koreas. But the air zone row is likely to dominate the week. Both the US and Japan have voiced strong criticism of China’s establishment of an ADIZ that includes islands claimed and controlled by Japan. It…

Gareth Bale: Real Madrid forward believes he is still improving Gareth Bale says there is still more to come from him despite scoring a “perfect” hat-trick for Real Madrid on Saturday. The Wales international, 24, scored with his head, left and right foot and also provided an assist for Karim Benzema in a 4-0 win over Real Valladolid. “I scored three goals but I hope to do better,” said Bale. Bale in La Liga Gareth Bale is the first player to score a perfect hat-trick in La Liga this season (right-footed goal, left-footed goal and headed) Since 1 October, he has…